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Another reason to vote as if your life depended on it: marriage equality
Another reason to vote as if your life depended on it: marriage equality
Equality under fire…
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HRC President Chad Griffin Mobilizes Pro-Equality Voters in Nevada
HRC President Chad Griffin Mobilizes Pro-Equality Voters in Nevada
WATCH: These gay performers make getting out the vote especially sexy
‘Masshole’ Explains Why He’s Voting ‘Yes on 3′ to Keep Massachusetts’ Transgender Rights Law: WATCH
‘Masshole’ Explains Why He’s Voting ‘Yes on 3′ to Keep Massachusetts’ Transgender Rights Law: WATCH
Massachusetts voters will be asked to vote on Question 3 on Tuesday. It’s a first-of-its-kind effort to repeal the state’s landmark transgender rights law that will no doubt be duplicated across the country should it succeed.
A new ad featuring a tough-talking, no-nonsense, bar-frequenting “Masshole” explains why voting Yes on 3 (to keep the law) fits within the state’s ethos.
Says the M-hole in a thick Boston accent littered with expletives: “We bang U-ies wherever we want — no blinkah. We cut you off on the Pike, and then we slow it right the f**k down. And the second that light turns green, I’m honkin’. We use our grandmothers’ furniture to save our pahking spots. We drop our Rs and put them back in words that don’t even have ’em. Manhattan clam chowder? The f**k is that.”
He goes on, before changing gears a bit: “You know, our forefathers originally granted us this right, to be loud, proud, occasionally obnoxious, and that freedom is so important to us. So, who are we to take away our neighbors’ liberties or revoke the law that protects their right to live a life free from discrimination? Or be biased against someone based on the gender they identify with? We’re Massholes, but we’re no a**holes.”
Vote YES on 3.
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‘Masshole’ Explains Why He’s Voting ‘Yes on 3′ to Keep Massachusetts’ Transgender Rights Law: WATCH
LISTEN NOW: Barbra Streisand partners with GLAAD on a message to voters: “Send a strong message that America is better when we stand together”
LISTEN NOW: Barbra Streisand partners with GLAAD on a message to voters: “Send a strong message that America is better when we stand together”
Global icon Barbra Streisand just released a message for LGBTQ people and allies to vote tomorrow, November 6, during the midterm election. The pre-recorded call from Streisand is being made to GLAAD members and supporters across the nation.
Here’s the message from Streisand:
Hi, this is Barbra Streisand.
Tuesday is a critical election for LGBTQ people and all marginalized communities. And I’m working with GLAAD to help ensure the largest turnout ever of LGBTQ and ally voters in a midterm election.
Tomorrow, I hope you will join me at the polls to send a strong message that America is better when we stand together. Go to GLAAD.org/vote to get information about how to vote in your state, and let’s make history together.
Visit glaad.org/knock to see how you can spread the word before and on Election Day!
Streisand, a longtime LGBTQ ally, most recently sent a message of support and acceptance to LGBTQ young people on Spirit Day.
Stand up against bullying! Take the pledge to go purple on #SpiritDay: t.co/0jWauJzb7c pic.twitter.com/Ahvef8T2pT
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) October 18, 2018
Earlier this month, Columbia Records released WALLS, the new album by Streisand. It’s Streisand’s first album consisting primarily of original songs since 2005. This album encompasses a unified social theme, and is notable for being a rare instance of political views entering her music. The album features the contemporary up-tempo single “Don’t Lie To Me,” which Streisand co-wrote. The song shares the guiding principles and values she has believed in, spoken about, and fought for her entire life…the truth.
Fans can obtain Walls today HERE.
Over the course of her astonishing career, Streisand has recorded a number of songs that address the human condition. Recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of contemporary song, “Don’t Lie To Me,” and the other songs on Walls are sure to add to her enduring legacy as an award-winning singer and songwriter. In 1977, she became the first woman to win an Oscar for composing the music to the timeless standard “Evergreen” (Love Theme from A Star Is Born), which also went on to win the Grammy for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe. In addition, she has been duly recognized throughout her career for compositions on film projects emblematic of her songwriting gifts.
Streisand is the only recording artist in history to achieve a #1 Album in six consecutive decades. She has recorded 52 gold, 31 platinum and 13 multi-platinum albums in her career. She is the only woman to make the All-Time Top 10 Best Selling Artists list. Streisand has had 34 albums make the Top 10 on the US charts, the only female artist to have achieved this milestone, tying her with Frank Sinatra. She is also the female artist with the most number one albums in Billboard’s history. Widely recognized as an icon for her artistic achievements, she has been awarded two Oscars, ten Grammys including two special Grammys, five Emmys, three Peabodys, and eleven Golden Globes including the Cecil B. DeMille Award. In 2015, President Barack Obama presented her with the highest civilian honor the United States bestows, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She had already received the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton in 2000.
November 5, 2018
HRC Foundation’s 13th Annual HBCU Leadership Summit to Convene in Atlanta
HRC Foundation’s 13th Annual HBCU Leadership Summit to Convene in Atlanta
Post submitted by Rishard Butts, HBCU Program Coordinator
In less than a week, LGBTQ students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will convene for HRC Foundation’s 13th annual HBCU Leadership Summit: Leading In Truth. The summit will include 46 students representing 23 HBCUs from across the country. The four-day leadership development program prepares students to lead resourcefully through the intersections of race, sexual orientation, religion, gender and class. Students are challenged and prepared to become change-agents and advocates on their campuses.
The 2018 summit will take place in Atlanta, Georgia — the first time participants will convene outside of HRC’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. In addition to an amazing list of facilitators, workshops and leadership development opportunities, students will have an opportunity to engage with notable LGBTQ figures.
HRC Foundation’s HBCU Program is generously supported by The Coca Cola Foundation, who will host the summit’s opening reception at its Atlanta headquarters. The reception will include remarks from Coca Cola’s new Global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Lori Billingsley, who is also an HBCU graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
For more information about the 2018 HRC HBCU Leadership Summit or our program, please visit hrc.org/HBCU or follow us on social media using the hashtag #HBCUatHRC.
Breed the Ballot: Our favorite midterm election memes (so far)…
Breed the Ballot: Our favorite midterm election memes (so far)…
In case you haven’t heard, the 2018 midterm elections are tomorrow. And they’re going to be historic.
Ballet, Dan Reynolds, Ariana Grande, Brazil, Aydian Dowling, Beto, Hyperloop, Kris Kobach, Pete Davidson: HOT LINKS
Ballet, Dan Reynolds, Ariana Grande, Brazil, Aydian Dowling, Beto, Hyperloop, Kris Kobach, Pete Davidson: HOT LINKS
OVERBOARD? House Republicans plead with Trump to dump racist immigration talk, turn to economy: “Many of them have cringed at Trump’s threats to unilaterally end birthright citizenship, as well as his recent racially-tinged ad suggesting that immigrants are police killers. The president’s drumbeat, they say, is drowning out news any incumbent president would be negligent not to dwell on: that the economy added a quarter-million jobs last quarter, and unemployment is below 4 percent.
REGRETTABLE TATTOO OF THE DAY. Gritty ass.
UNMOORED FROM REALITY. Trump’s lies have become monstrous.
VOTER FRAUD. Trump ready to set this complaint in motion should Dems win.
Law Enforcement has been strongly notified to watch closely for any ILLEGAL VOTING which may take place in Tuesday’s Election (or Early Voting). Anyone caught will be subject to the Maximum Criminal Penalties allowed by law. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2018
KANSAS. Governor Kris Kobach accepted thousands from white supremacists for more than a decade: ‘Recent financial disclosures show that Kobach, a driving force behind dozens of proposals across the US designed to suppress minority voting and immigrant rights, has accepted thousands of dollars from white nationalists. Donors include a former official in the Trump administration who was forced to resign from the Department of Homeland Security this year after emails showed he had close ties to white supremacists and once engaged in an email exchange about a dinner party invitation that was described as “Judenfrei”, or free of Jews.
VOTING VIDEO OF THE DAY. Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Jair Bolsonaro
BRAZIL. As a gay man living in Brazil, I’m devastated we weren’t able to stop Bolsonaro becoming president: ‘We don’t yet know exactly what Bolsonaro’s Brazil has in store for us but minorities are understandably bracing themselves for the worst. The election has split open the cracks that already ran through Brazilian society and has divided communities that previously stood together. I do see hope though, in families like my husband’s, families of ordinary Brazilians united in the belief that everybody should be allowed to live “a safe and simple life”.
ALLY NEWS. Adam Lambert presented Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds with an award for his documentary Believer.
BALLET. These male dancers are rethinking masculinity.
TEXAS. Pornstaches for Beto.
AYDIAN DOWLING. Transgender model is now a dad too.
Antler Joseph Dowling
November 1, 2018
8lbs 12oz pic.twitter.com/IvicmXqyO6— Aydian Dowling (@AydianDowling) November 4, 2018
WORMHOLE. Elon Musk shares video of The Boring Company’s Hyperloop “disturbingly long” test tunnel.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 3, 2018
MACRO VIDEO OF THE DAY. Leafcutter ants.
NEW TUNE OF THE DAY. Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next”
MONDAY SMILE. Alex Wonderland.
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